England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Burges Salmon LLP
Burges Salmon LLP is well-versed in the IT and telecoms arena, with an extensive client base consisting of digital businesses, technology vendors and FTSE companies. The practice is developing its service offering to areas such as fintech, digital healthcare, agritech, energy-tech and cybersecurity. Andrew Dunlop, who has experience in IT outsourcing, jointly leads the team alongside David Varney and Lucy Pegler, who has expertise in the transport-tech and public sectors.
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Key clients
- ATOS
- British Standards Institute
- Embark
- Thesis
- Mark43, Inc
- BDO
- Smart Buildings Limited
- Erika Technologies
- PinguinoPonics
Work highlights
- Advised Mark43 on its expansion into the UK, which involved the sale of its SaaS product (public safety software solution) to Cumbria constabulary.
- Acted for Embark Group on a number of complex and business critical IT arrangements associated with its sale to Lloyds Banking Group for £395 million.
- Acted for tax, auditing and business services advisory firm BDO LLP on its outsourcing agreement with Exponentials and the implementation of its cloud back up services via Acronis’ SaaS products.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Dunlop, David Varney, Lucy Pegler